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Recycling

Our Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases

Using the data from HaloSat, one of a class of minisatellites designed and built at Iowa, astronomers at the University of Iowa have determined that a clumpy halo of hot gases surrounds the milky way galaxy. This heated halo, also known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM), is continually supplied with…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Recycling

Majority want new recycling deposit scheme to include all drinks containers

Nine-in-ten people would like to see all drinks containers included in Ireland’s new deposit and return scheme. The new scheme will see people paying a deposit on all plastic bottles and aluminium cans and getting their money back for recycling them. According to a new poll however, 88% of Irish…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Bubble

What does life inside a GAA county team bubble look like?

An inauspicious email arrived early last week to the office of Fermanagh GAA, asking if they would name their panel for that weekend’s Allianz League game against Clare.Such efficient administration is a matter of course, but still it irked a few in a county who were busy putting together a…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Holocaust

Borat Gives Jimmy Kimmel an Extremely Incorrect Coronavirus Test (Video)

Ahead of the new “Borat” film’s Oct. 23 release on Amazon Prime, Sacha Baron Cohen showed up on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in character as Borat, where in addition to showing off a clip from the film, he attempted to administer an extremely incorrect kind of coronavirus test to Kimmel. He…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

NSA

NFL: Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs bounce back

Updated / Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020 08:41 Patrick Mahomes finished with 225 yards and two TDs Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs bounced back from a loss to the Las Vegas Raiders with a 26-17 win over the Buffalo Bills. The Bills were also coming back from a defeat…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Impeachment

How Donald Trump plowed through $1 billion in his election campaign

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017, and set a lot of it on fire. Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn't yet have a challenger. He tapped his political organization to…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Joe Biden

Joe Biden Narrowly Leads Donald Trump in New Texas Presidential Poll

A new poll from Texas shows that voters in the typically right-leaning Lone Star State are favoring Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over President Donald Trump, but that they still prefer their incumbent Republican senator over the Democratic challenger.In a poll released Monday by progressive firm Data for Progress, 47…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Robot judges that determine guilt or innocence to be commonplace…

Robot judges that determine guilt or innocence to be commonplace... (Third column, 9th story, link) Related stories:California may replace cash bail with algorithms... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron Read More

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Nukes

Pentagon estimates cost of new nuclear missiles at $95.8B!

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 arsenal that has operated continuously for 50 years, officials said Monday. The estimate is up about $10 billion from four years ago. The…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Antibiotics

Chemicals in food are a main safety concern for majority of Americans

Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the presence of chemical products in food, according to a survey. The poll by Mérieux NutriSciences and bioMérieux found 70 percent of respondents were troubled about this topic that covers pesticides, antibiotics and additives. Two thirds were concerned about bacteria such as Salmonella and…

bubmagOctober 20, 2020

Our Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases

Majority want new recycling deposit scheme to include all drinks containers

What does life inside a GAA county team bubble look like?

Borat Gives Jimmy Kimmel an Extremely Incorrect Coronavirus Test (Video)

NFL: Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs bounce back

How Donald Trump plowed through $1 billion in his election campaign

Joe Biden Narrowly Leads Donald Trump in New Texas Presidential Poll

Robot judges that determine guilt or innocence to be commonplace…

Pentagon estimates cost of new nuclear missiles at $95.8B!

Chemicals in food are a main safety concern for majority of Americans

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